Permanent Representative of Afghanistan to the United Nations explained

Post:	Permanent Representative of Afghanistan to the United Nations
Flagsize:	80px
Flagcaption:	Coat of Arms of Afghanistan
Incumbent:	Naseer Faiq (chargé d'affaires)
Incumbentsince:	17 December 2021
Style:	His/Her Excellency^[1]
Appointer:	President of Afghanistan
Formation:	1949

The permanent representative of Afghanistan to the United Nations (ps|په ملګرو ملتونو کې د افغانستان د اسلامي جمهوريت دایمي استازی) is the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan's foremost diplomatic representative to the United Nations. The permanent Representative is the head of a diplomatic mission to the Headquarters of the United Nations in New York City. The permanent representative of Afghanistan to the United Nations has headed the Permanent Mission of Afghanistan to the United Nations since Afghanistan became a UN Member State on 19 November 1946.^[2]

The current permanent representative of Afghanistan is Naseer Faiq.^[3]

List of Afghan permanent representatives to the United Nations

This is a list of permanent representatives of Afghanistan to the United Nations.^[4]

Name	width=50	Portrait	Entered office	Left office	Notes
Mohammed Kabir Louddin		1949	1950
Abdul Hamid Aziz		1950	16 April 1958
Abdul Rahman Pazhwak		16 April 1958	25 July 1979
Bismellah Sahak		25 July 1979	2 November 1981
Farid Zarif		2 November 1981	23 January 1987
Shah Mohammad Dost		23 January 1987	10 August 1989
Noor Ahmed Noor		10 August 1989	25 June 1991
Khodaidad Basharmal		25 June 1991	30 April 1993
Ravan A.G. Farhadi		30 April 1993	18 December 2006
Dr. Zahir Tanin		19 December 2006	5 October 2015
Mahmoud Saikal		27 October 2015	31 December 2018
Adela Raz		31 December 2018	1 June 2021
Ghulam M. Isaczai		1 June 2021	15 December 2021
Naseer Faiq		17 December 2021^[5]		chargé d'affaires

Note: Since December 2021, Afghanistan U.N. Mission diplomat Naseer Faiq has served as Afghanistan's chargé d’affaires to the UN.^[6] Taliban government of Afghanistan's pick for UN Ambassador Mohammad Suhail Shaheen remains unrecognized.

See also

• Afghanistan and the United Nations
• List of current permanent representatives to the United Nations
• Foreign relations of Afghanistan
• Diplomatic missions of Afghanistan

External links

• Official website of the Permanent Mission of Afghanistan to the UN
• Official Twitter feed of the Permanent Mission of Afghanistan to the UN

Notes and References

1. Web site: About us. 2017-07-25. 2017-08-06. https://web.archive.org/web/20170806085456/http://afghanistan-un.org/. live.
2. Web site: Member States United Nations. www.un.org. 2020-04-29. 2020-05-08. https://web.archive.org/web/20200508103637/https://www.un.org/en/member-states/. live.
3. Web site: United Nations Protocol and Liaison Service . United Nations . List of Permanent Representatives and Observers to the United Nations in New York . 19 September 2022 . 15 September 2022.
4. Web site: Permanent Representatives of Afghanistan to the United Nations . 6 October 2015 . 2017-07-25 . 2017-07-28 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170728110832/http://afghanistan-un.org/whos-who/former-permanent-representatives/ . live .
5. Web site: Afghan Biographies - Fayek, Ahmad Faiq. Who is who in Afghanistan.
6. News: Afghan envoy to UN resigns after Taliban moved to oust him. Associated Press. AP News. December 17, 2021. 2022-02-21. https://web.archive.org/web/20220222025856/https://apnews.com/article/afghanistan-united-nations-general-assembly-united-nations-taliban-ashraf-ghani-117fe952f915dc6f7c848081b65501e0. 2022-02-22. live.